-
-
Re: Seen this before ?
To me this seems a total loss. Weird.
Hans“Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0”
Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
that's a whole lot of no thank you.We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.
The medication helps though...Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Wow! Have seen mice and a few spiders make a home out of copiers but never ants. Gives a whole new meaning to copiers being able to "reproduce"
Can you give more details where is was located / stored for the ants to get in? Don't think it was the warmth that they were after because they are used to living in cooler temps underground. Only thing I can think of is they were confused / attracted by the electronics of machine?
A sleazy salesman would still sell this machine throwing in an anteater as part of the deal
Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Yeah this machine is finished. I started out thinking yeah, I might be able to save it, but after pulling that back cover off and and revealing the nest within then opening the scanner while they were crawling up my arms and biting me I had a re-think and decided, Ah no, it's game over. Not one part of the machine did not have ants in it, all over the belt, imaging units, fusing unit etc. Uneconomical repair.
The room where this happened was unattended for 2 weeks, the ants broke in through a crack in the front window from the ground, made their way to the desk and setup home in the printer alone. Near new, low volume. No idea what attracted them to it. Be interesting if something in there is sweet smelling. They were glued all over the scanner rails but might be coincidence.Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Sorry dude. That is a true horror story. Hopefully you'll be able to salvage some of the parts, boards, etc.
Ozone has a sweet smell maybe that is what attracted them. Ozone is a side effect of copiers for as long as I have been working on them, 30+ yrs. Ozone has always been described as "sweet".
They must be a different type of ant. Here on the Mid-Atlantic east coast the ants live underground, thank the lord
Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Mice, box elder bugs, but never ants. You could spend days, and cases of insecticide, ... and where would you put the damn thing while you were working on it? Not in the office. Maybe in the metal storage box.
Good call. =^..^=If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.
blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Nice clear pics....
I have seen similar but on a smaller scale. I had a laser assembly absolutely full of ants.
I wonder what would happened if you put a shipping plastic bag over the MFD, left a slight opening in the bag, and then pumped warm air inside the bag.
Would the ants pack up home and move somewhere else ?
If the ants moved on they would take everything with them, except the dirt.
If it worked it might save for a big cleaning job.
You can hire warm air dryers from an industrial tool hire shop.Inauguration to the "AI cancel-culture" fraternity 1997...
•••••• •••[§]• |N | € | o | M | Δ | t | π | ¡ | x | •[§]••• ••••••Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Yiu finally found a good use for a C35. An ant habitatComment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
on this c3350 the main nesting area was the rear corner piece as shown, all of the eggs were located in here . It's vertical and has horizontal ribs which kinda reminded them of an ants nest I guess, plus the convenient multilevel storage allowed their population to explode over a 2 week period. I'm no ant expert but I'm guessing there would of been a queen in there somewhere too. It will forever remain a mystery what attracted them to it, unless it happens to more then I'm going to start suspecting something like the grease etc.Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Dont they sink ships to form natural habitats for fishes?
Maybe we should start doing this with copiers for ants LOL,jokes aside thats one big WTF if i ever saw one.I don't like the new copier I just bought. It says "put face down" but every time I do it, it blinds my eyes.Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
Nope nope nope nope nope!!!Comment
-
Re: Seen this before ?
I can honestly say I hope I never top this one.Comment
Comment